Formed in Manchester in 2022, Phoenix Brass are one of the top quintets and most exciting young chamber groups to come out of the city in recent years. They were created by a group of eminent Manchester freelancers and senior students at the Royal Northern College of music.
Members hail from incredibly diverse backgrounds – brought together by a love of brass ensemble music and the desire to expand this repertoire – each member of the group is a keen arranger.The group have received coaching from such renowned brass musicians as Murray Greig and John Miller.
Aside from the quintet, the members of the group are keen orchestral musicians and freelance regularly with top orchestras such as the Hallé Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of Opera North.
Gustav Mahler – “Ging heut’ morgen über’s Feld” (7′)
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story suite (16′)
Traditional Irish – “Casadh an tSugáin” arr. McDonnell (6′)
George Gershwin – Three Preludes (9′)
Giacomo Puccini – “Quando m’en vo” from La Boheme (5′)
Bach/Gounod – Ave Maria (5′)
Antonio Jobim – One Note Samba (5′)
Alexander Scriabin – Excerpts from ‘5 piano Preludes’ (9′)
Ross McDonnell – Waltz for brass quintet (based on my grandfather’s music) (10′)
Kevin McKee – Iron Horse (12′)
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